Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Record Number: 3829
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Nelson , Janet L.
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  • Title: Les Reines Carolingiennes [The author argues for an increase and, in a certain sense, consecration of the roles of queens though their powers were limited by institutions, family relations, and the female life cycle. The author briefly considers coronation "ordines," manuals describing the queen's roles, and histories. The author concludes with brief case histories of Fastrada, the wife of Charlemagne, Judith, the wife of Louis the Pious, and Gisela, the daughter of Lothar II, who was married to a Viking king. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
  • Source: Femmes et pouvoirs des femmes à Byzance et en Occident (VIe -XIe siècles). Colloque international organisé les 28, 29 et 30 mars 1996 à Bruxelles et Villeneuve d'Ascq.  Edited by Stéphane Lebecq, Alain Dierkens, Régine Le Jan, and Jean-Marie Sansterre.  Centre de Recherche sur l'Histoire de l'Europe du Nord-Ouest, Université Charles de Gaulle-Lille 3, 1999.  Pages 121 - 132.
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  • Article Type: Essay
  • Subject (See Also): Carolingian Dynasty Power Queens
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  • Geographic Area: France
  • Century: 9
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  • Author's Affiliation: King's College, London
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  • Year of Publication: 1999.
  • Language: French
  • ISSN/ISBN: 2905637358